The Void by Christine Bernard

Author:Christine Bernard [Bernard, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780639984643
Published: 2019-07-08T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Keri

I had officially lost track of time. Jon was convinced we should’ve been out yesterday, and for once I agreed with him. Not that I told him this. I’d never felt less connected to him as I had been in here. We’d been so disjointed. Whenever he was feeling one way, I seemed to be feeling the opposite. It was as if were sitting on one of those seesaws at the park. He went up when I went down. Although his ups seemed to be more manic than happy, which was where he seemed to be for most of the morning (Afternoon? Evening? Middle of the freaking night?).

He was in the shower now, singing some weird, made-up tune about staying ahead of the game. I’d peeked in to ask him a question the other day and found him sitting on the floor while he showered. He didn’t tell me why but advised me to do the same. I’d never seen him so crazed before, and I wondered if I would ever be able to forget this side of him. Lately, he’d been even worse, but that was because he was certain the two weeks were up. Somewhere along the way our timeline had fused because I also thought we’d be done by now. I thought we’d be out yesterday, so I figured it was going to be today. I kept staring at the door, wishing it would open. Jon was probably showering to get himself camera ready, which was ridiculous considering we’d been on camera the whole time we were in here. I never thought it was possible, but we did actually forget most of the time. At least, I certainly did. Jon seemed to be acting all of the time. I’d mentioned it to him once, told him that he should just be himself, and he’d turned it around and accused me of trying to portray him in a bad light. I left it now. For the most part, it was like we were in here alone. If only that were true. I was sure I would’ve had a far easier time without him.

Jon let out a huge cough, the sort that smokers have, and I cringed. I was glad he was showering. The last thing I needed was for one of us to get sick in here, and lately I’d been convinced that something was infecting us. It wasn’t normal to be stuck indoors for this long, breathing in each other’s sweat and bodily odours. I swept and cleaned as much as I could, but it wasn’t easy without anything to clean with. I used one of my shirts as a rag, and spent a lot of time ‘mopping’ the floor and then cleaning out the rag in the shower. We barely had any soap or shampoo left, so I mostly just rinsed out the rag under warm water. The shirt was one I had bought specifically for the show, and ironically had the word Fresh emblazoned on the front.

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